The Athletic’s transfer dealsheet column dropped yesterday, and journalists David Ornstein and James Pearce chimed in with updates on Liverpool’s potential business… and it’s mostly for the coming summer.
In Ornstein’s one-to-watch section, Liverpool and the latest injury setback for Conor Bradley come into focus. Orstein says Liverpool is not expected to move for cover for Bradley, as they did similarly for the injuries of Giovanni Leoni and Alexander Isak. Depending on the outcome of his surgery,
Bradley could be involved in the World Cup should Northern Ireland qualify; as such, the club does not consider a replacement signing necessary.
Ornstein also noted that the Reds appear to be keeping their powder dry for this summer, particularly given the developing centre-back situation. Progress on an Ibrahima Konaté extension has stalled, and the player is expected to leave on a free transfer in the summer. Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez’s deals are also up in 2027, so expect reinforcements at the position, whether it’s Marc Guehi or other targets.
Mohamed Salah is expected to complete this season at Liverpool and fulfil his contract, which runs through 2027. Ornstein noted that should problems persist between Liverpool’s talisman and the club, they could start conversations about a parting of ways, but the hope is that the situation calms down and that he stays for the foreseeable future.
In Pearce’s Liverpool-focused section, he expands further on a potential move for Marc Guehi. As it stands, Liverpool were expecting the player to stay at Palace until the end of the season, and that hasn’t changed, as a January move isn’t deemed as realistic. Due to the player’s potential free agency, the kind of financial package it would take to convince Guehi to make a move in January, over the lucrative options he would receive in the summer, would involve a big signing-on fee as well as agreeing on a hefty price with Palace. Manchester City are pushing to secure the player in this window, but would need to significantly overpay to do so.
